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Elise Andrew
Born1989 (age 34–35)
NationalityBritish
Education(B.Sc. Biology)
Occupation(s)Blog writer, science communicator and webmaster
Known forFounder of "I Fucking Love Science"

Elise Andrew (born 1989) is a British blogger, social media specialist, science communicator, and webmaster. She is the founder and maintainer of the popular science Facebook page "I Fucking Love Science".[1]

Personal life and education

Elise Andrew is originally from Suffolk. Andrew studied biology at the University of Sheffield and graduated in 2012.[2] Her undergraduate degree was focused on ecology, animal sciences and evolution.[3] Her favourite scientist is Rita Levi-Montalcini and favourite authors are Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson. She also credits the work of Carl Sagan for inspiring her interest in science.[4] She currently lives and works in Midland, Ontario.[5] On 13 September 2013 she married her fiancé Jake Rivett.[6] On Twitter she posted a photo of herself in a bridal gown holding a tarantula spider in her hand.[7] She said she would wait "a long time" to have children.[6]

Career

Andrew currently works for LabX Media Group as a Social Media Content Manager.[3] LabX publishes The Scientist magazine; several of Andrew's articles appeared in the September 2012 issue. She was hired by LabX based on the Facebook pages she maintains as a volunteer: "I Fucking Love Science", "Earth Story", "Evolution", and "The Universe".[2] Her work with social media and science has been covered by ScienceWorld, National Geographic, Maclean's, Geeked, The Huffington Post, CBS This Morning, New York Daily News, Mashable and Süddeutsche Zeitung.[4][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

I Fucking Love Science

Andrew started the Facebook page "I Fucking Love Science" (IFLS) in March 2012,[4] saying of the creation that "I was always finding bizarre facts and cool pictures and one day I decided to create somewhere to put them – it was never supposed to be more than me posting to a few dozen of my friends."[3] After the first day of being on Facebook, the page had over 1,000 likes, and passed 1 million likes in September 2012.[3] In March 2013 it had 4.2 million likes.[17] In August 2013 the page had 6.6 million likes,[18] and in January 2014 it had reached 9.4 million.[19] Andrew said to Maclean's magazine in March 2013 that Facebook reports her page statistics have not only high numbers of people who "like" it, but a higher "engagement" rating. The engagement rating is based on the number of Facebook users who are talking about IFLS. She said "we usually have more people talking about it than the number who've liked it," which frequently puts IFLS at the top of Facebook in terms of reader engagement.[5] Andrew is currently the sole maintainer of the page.[4]

In March 2013, Andrew created a Twitter account. She used a photograph of herself for her Twitter avatar and then posted a link to the Twitter account on the "I Fucking Love Science" Facebook page.[8] Many Facebook fans were surprised that Andrew was a woman, and responses were a mix of sexist and supportive comments.[6][10][20] Computer scientist Diana Franklin noted that even some of the positive responses were sexist ones, with readers saying Andrew was "hot".[21][22] Kevin Morris of the Daily Dot was supportive; he called her "the Neil deGrasse Tyson of Facebook".[1] Andrew was baffled by the surprise of her Facebook followers about her gender, because there had been a photograph of her with Richard Dawkins on the page's "about" section since November 2012, along with media coverage interviewing Andrew.[5] When questioned about the cause of the gender misunderstanding, Andrew said she had no idea, but admitted that the use of swear words "is not very lady-like".[13] For those offended by the title, she also runs the mirror page Science is Awesome, which had more than 250,000 likes in March 2013.[17]

On 23 April 2013, Scientific American blogger Alex Wild saw that Andrew had used one of his insect photographs without attribution or permission. He determined that 59 of the 100 most recent photographs used by Andrew were not credited to the original source.[23] Wild accused Andrew of pirating photographs and artwork for her Facebook page without requesting permission from the copyright holders. According to unnamed sources within Facebook, Facebook has received over 6,000 copyright complaints in 2013 regarding IFLS.[24]

Andrew has been invited to speak at engagements around the world including a series in Australia in August 2013 dedicated to IFLS,[25] a science communication program at MIT Museum in September,[26] a science-culture conference in Chile in October,[27] and the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers in Montreal in December 2013.[28] Andrew is listed as a speaker by the Scientista Foundation for its 5 April 2014 symposium at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[29] She is scheduled to appear at a science and skepticism conference in New York City later that month, hosted by the New England Skeptical Society.[19]

Writings

  • Andrew, Elise (7 September 2012). "The NSF Shake-Up". The Scientist.
  • Andrew, Elise (10 September 2012). "Measuring Rabbit Pain". The Scientist.
  • Andrew, Elise (12 September 2012). "GM Rice Scandal?". The Scientist.
  • Andrew, Elise (13 September 2012). "Roaches to the Rescue". The Scientist.

References

  1. ^ a b Morris, Kevin. "Facebook shocked that a woman runs I F*cking Love Science". Society. The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  2. ^ a b Woolf, Nicky. "Elise Andrew: "There is a lot of pseudo-science and nonsense out there on the internet"". Nicky Woolf in America. New Statesman. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  3. ^ a b c d Hudson, Richard. "Interview with Elise Andrew". The Chemical Blog. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  4. ^ a b c d Stoianovici, Alex. "Mad about science. Interview with Elise Andrew, creator of I Fucking Love Science". Features. Science World. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  5. ^ a b c Lunau, Kate. "Elise Andrew on why she loves science". Science. Maclean's. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  6. ^ a b c Teeman, Tim (12 October 2013). "Why millions love Elise Andrew's science page". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Teeman links to Andrew's Twitter post:
     • Andrew, Elise (15 September 2013). "A few unusual guests turned up to my wedding on Friday ..." Twitter. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  8. ^ a b Dell'Amore, Christine. "Why Is a Woman Who Loves Science So Surprising?". Daily News. National Geographic. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  9. ^ Cheng, Hannah. "She F***ing Loves Science". Scope. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  10. ^ a b "Elise Andrew on science and sexism: 'Is this really 2013?'". Need to Know. Maclean's. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  11. ^ "Technically Speaking - Women in Science". We Geeked This. Retrieved 2013-03-30. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  12. ^ York, Christopher. "I Fucking Love Science Founder, Elise Andrew, Joins Twitter, Gets 'Sexist' Comments". UK. Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  13. ^ a b "Female science blogger stuns fans". CBS. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  14. ^ Taylor, Victoria. "Sexism in science lives on as Facebook users admit their surprise to learn 'I f---ing love science' creator is a woman". U.S. New York Daily News. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  15. ^ Wills, Amanda. "Why Everyone F*cking Loves Science — and Elise Andrew". Mashable. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
  16. ^ Jakat, Lena. "Women in science: Elise fucking loves Science". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  17. ^ a b Holpuch, Amanda. "Popular science blog is run by a woman – to the surprise of some on Facebook". US News Blog. US News. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  18. ^ Spangler, Todd. "Discovery Bringing Facebook's 'I F***ing Love Science' to Online Video and Science Channel". Variety.
  19. ^ a b "Northeast Conference on Science & Skepticism 2014". Reasonable New York. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  20. ^ "Science blogger with 4.2 million followers receives slew of 'sexist' comments after she revealed herself as a woman on Twitter". MailOnline. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  21. ^ Franklin, Diana (2013). A Practical Guide to Gender Diversity for Computer Science Faculty. Synthesis Lectures on Professionalism for Researchers in Science and Engineering. Morgan & Claypool. p. 34. ISBN 1627050817.
  22. ^ Tannenbaum, Melanie (April 2, 2013). "The Problem When Sexism Just Sounds So Darn Friendly…". Scientific American.
  23. ^ Morris, Kevin (24 April 2013). "I F**king Love Science and Facebook's problem with content theft". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  24. ^ Wild, Alex (23 April 2013). "Facebook's "I F*cking Love Science" does not f*cking love artists". Scientific American. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  25. ^ "Elise Andrew: she f*cking loves science (video)". Radio National: Life Matters. ABC News. 12 August 2013.
  26. ^ "SHASS hosts Science Engagement event: Science outreach programs expand in form and content". MIT School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  27. ^ "1st International Conference on Scientific Culture". Santiago, Chile: Center for Science Communication. October 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  28. ^ Anderson, Kelly (3 December 2013). "WCSFP '13: Alison Leigh on the evolution of science". RealScreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  29. ^ "Symposium Speakers 2014". Scientista Foundation. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

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